6. Azure Beat AWS?

Written by Craig Galbraith
January 1, 1970

At least one research firms says Microsoft Azure has leapfrogged AWS at the top of the public cloud heap. Earlier this year, researchers at Flexera also placed Azure at No. 1.

Collectively, IDC says Microsoft, AWS, Salesforce, Google Cloud and SAP account for 40% of worldwide market share in the public cloud. Furthermore, that figure is growing by 37% per year, says IDC.

We break down the numbers here.

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Craig Galbraith

Craig Galbraith is the editorial director for Channel Futures and Channel Partners, joining the team in 2008. Before that, he spent more than 11 years as an anchor, reporter and managing editor in television newsrooms in North Dakota and Washington state. Craig is a proud Husky, having graduated from the University of Washington. He makes his home in the Phoenix area.